La Salvadora Mine

Past Producer in Tarija, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006590
MRDS ID BL30152
Record type Site
Current site name La Salvadora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.96609, -21.48088 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position 25 KM N80W OF TARIJA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tarija(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Tarija
Bolivia Tarija

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.96609, -21.48088

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ventana Mayu Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS CUT ACROSS THE TREND OF THE FOLDED ORDOVICIAN SANDSTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPEDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A NARROW IRREGULAR SYSTEM OF QUARTZ VEINS. TWELVE N AND NW TO W TRENDING VEINS OCCUR IN THE AREA-VEINS ARE MAINLY COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF CU, PB, AND ZN SULFIDES. VEINS ARE UP TO 50 M LONG AND 0.05 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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